Dempsy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dempsy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dempsy family

Profession Census Frequency
Comer In Mill 2
Spinner 2
Carman 1
Chip Seller 1
Scholar 1
Seamster 1
Shoe Maker 1
Sinjer ? 1
Drawer In Mill 1
Labourer 1
Masons Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dempsy

Name Census Frequency
John Dempsy 23
James Dempsy 17
Mary Dempsy 14
Catherine Dempsy 8
Margaret Dempsy 8
William Dempsy 8
Bridget Dempsy 6
Elizabeth Dempsy 6
Patrick Dempsy 5
Ann Dempsy 3
Edward Dempsy 3
Eliza Dempsy 3
Ellen Dempsy 3
Matthew Dempsy 3
Michael Dempsy 3
Alice Dempsy 2
Charles Dempsy 2
Daniel Dempsy 2
Darby Dempsy 2
Frank Dempsy 2
George Dempsy 2
Hannah Dempsy 2
Henry Dempsy 2
Maria Dempsy 2
Micheal Dempsy 2

Dempsy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dempsey 86% 8,620
2 Dimpsey 71% 186
3 Dempsy 100% 177

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The surname Dempsy is the 3rd most popular variant of Dempsey.

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